Infection Control Assistant
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Job Location:
Bethesda, MD - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
10 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
The Infection Control Assistant supports the Quality Management Department staff in developing and implementing the infection control program for the hospital. Duties will be assigned as necessary to help meet the departments goals. These include but are not limited to performing observations on the hospital floor assessing compliance with hand hygiene operating room infection control practices and environmental cleaning monitoring. The Infection Control Assistant is expected to give direct feedback to healthcare workers when breaches in these practices are observed and has responsibility for entering these data into an electronic database. The assistant under direction of the Director of Infection Control & Prevention will offer education and in-service to non-clinical staff such as Housekeeping Dietary Facilities etc. regarding proper infection control practices. The Infection Control Assistant will assist in infection prevention performance improvement and research projects undertaken within the department and any other duties as assigned. This position takes direction from Director of Infection Control & Prevention and is accountable to the Department of Quality Management leadership for meeting these responsibilities.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform all functions.
- Complete online JHM Hand Hygiene Observer Training Module
- Pass post-module quiz
- Meet with Infection Prevention to be trained on entering observations into IP360
- Receive list of units that require hand hygiene observations
- Walk units and varying times and record hand hygiene compliance
- Enter observations into IP360
QUALIFICATIONS
Education: High School Diploma or GED required. |
Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
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Required Licensure Certification On-going Training: None |
Work Experience: One year of administrative or other relevant work experience. |
Salary Range: Minimum /hour - Maximum /hour. Compensation will be commensurate with equity and experience for roles of similar scope and responsibility. In cases where the range is displayed as a $0 amount salary discussions will occur during candidate screening calls before any subsequent compensation discussion is held between the candidate and any hiring authority.
We are committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment where we embrace and celebrate our differences where all employees feel valued contribute to our mission of serving the community and engage in equitable healthcare delivery and workforce practices.
Johns Hopkins Health System and its affiliates are an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity and expression age national origin mental or physical disability genetic information veteran status or any other status protected by federal state or local law.
Johns Hopkins Health System and its affiliates are drug-free workplace employers.
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